On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Karl Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/GPS > > says: > > "Thinking of getting a GPS Receiver to add data to OSM? These reviews > > are here to help." > > > > Well, if you have a particular model in mind, and want to know if it's > > any good, then they are some help. But if your mother has told you "I > > want a GPS with a screen for my motorbike, which I can also use for > > gathering OSM data", then trying to read through and compare 50 > > different models is impossible. > > > > Would it be really too controversial for OSM to have a "we particularly > > recommend these N models" page, where N is small? Clearly, the NaviGPS > > (which I own) would be one, because it's good and OSM gets some money. > > But it would be great to have some sort of consensus on models in other > > price/capability brackets, perhaps a little more than a few mailing list > > messages saying "I have a Foo GPS, and it's fine". > > > > What do people think? > > > > Gerv > > > > I have a Garmin Vista HCx, and it's fine. :-p > > Karl > Okay, sorry for my unhelpful joke. Anyway, I haven't used other brands, but Garmin might be a good choice in many cases. The models with memory cards can create GPX tracklogs, and even better, using mkgmap you can create Garmin maps from OSM data. I don't know if that's been done for other GPS receivers. (I'm not counting PDA-type devices.) Karl
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